Bar cabinet



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BAR CABINET Rex G. Harnaker, Houston, Tex. Application August 2'7, 1937, Serial No. 161,183

2 Claims.

This invention relates tobars and cabinets.

With the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment the American host has been confronted with the problem of storing his fresh supply of wines and liquors, and of serving his guests.

This invention has for its generalobject the provision of a new and improved bar cabinet.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a bar cabinet having the following advantages:

It may be kept and will occupy very little space in I a kitchen or butlers pantry when not in use, and will there serve as a theft-proof storage means. When it is desired to use the cabinet as a serving means, it may be rolled into the room where the guests are assembled and quickly and easily converted into a bar to enable the host to reveal to his guests the different liquors'and wines he has on hand, and to serve with ease and facility whatever his guests select. Other ob vantages will hereinafter appear.

jects and ad- The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated by the accompanying dr awing wherein Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views of the bar cabinet as it appears ready for serving drinks, as

it appears when partly open, and

as it appears when closed, respectively; and Figs. 4 and 5 are fragmentary together and apart; Figs. 6 and detailed views disclosing the sections 7 are detailed views showing the connection between the arms of the sections.

Ordinarily the bar may be left in the kitchen or butlers pantry as shown in Fig. 3 with its wines and liquors under lock and key. In this figure, the rear section front section at 2. The

is indicated at i and the wings of the rear section at 3, the roll top at the look at 5, and the foot bar at 5. It will be noted that th the parts in the position shown cupies a it may be conveniently placed kitchen or butlers pantry.

If the hostdesires access to any time, he may obtain the top and moving it back as indicated e cabinet with by Fig. 3 ocrelatively small amount of space so that in any small bar cabinet at it by unlocking the roll in Fig. 2. When the parts are as shown by Fig. 2, the cabinet may then be used as a serving out being moved.

cabinet, with- When the host desires to move the bar into the room where a large number of guests are assembled, it may be quickly and easily rolled into the room, because it is provided with rear rollers "5a and forward rollers l; and aft placed in the desired part of th wines and liquors to be served,

may be unlocked and moved up in er it has been e room where the roll top Q to the position as indicated in Fig. 5.

shown by Fig. 2; the wing latches 3a may then be pulled upwardly out of the sockets (not shown) in the flat top of the front section 2, whereupon the wings 3 may be swung backwardly to a position adjacent the sides of the rear section as indicated in Fig. l, and the foot bar 6 may be swung forwardly as indicated in said Fig. 1; and then the forward section 2 may be moved forwardly from the rear section l as indicated by Fig. '1. The bar cabinet is thereby rendered ready for serving.

The rear section 5 has a pair of forwardly extending arms 8 and the forward section 2 has a pair of rearwardly extending arms 8, said arms being disposed on opposite sides of said sections. The arms 53 are slidable upon. the arms 8, and said arms are connected together by a suitable dovetail connection such as indicated by Fig. 6. Said connection is such that when the forward section 2 is moved awayfrom the rear section l to the position shown by Fig. 1, the front bottom portion of the front section 1 engages the floor [0 Said section i may be provided at its front bottom portion with any suitable rubber pads or the like indicated by the numeral H in Fig. 5 to prevent injury to the floor. The engagement of the floor by the pads It serves to hold the bar cabin t in place when in use.

, The foot bar 6 is pivoted as indicated at E2, and is provided with stop members 13 indicated in Fig. 5 to limit the outward movement of said bar.

The front section 2 may be equipped with shelves (not shown) corresponding to the shelves i l in the rear section and the rear section may be equipped with a mirror 5 to simulate the conventional bar. If the host so desires, he may keep cracked ice or the like on the shelves in the front section.

It will be understood that the bar cabinet with the parts as shown by Fig. 3 may occupy unobstrusively a small space in the kitchen or butlers pantry. It will then function as a storage means. VJhen the host desires to serve, he need only roll the cabinet on its rollers la and i into the room where the guests are assembled, unlock and move the roll top from the position shown by Fig. 3 to the position shown by Fig. 2, release the wing latches 3a, swing the wings 3 back from the position shown by Fig. 2 to the position shown by Fig. 1, pull the front section 2 away from the rear section 8, and move the foot bar to forwardly and downwardly away from the front surface of the front section 2, whereupon the'bar is ready for service as shown by Fig. l. The host may then means within easy reach serve his guests over the flat top 2a of the front section 2, the'bar being held in place by the engagement of the pads II with the floor l (Fig. 5). The guests are not only thus quickly and efiiciently served, but also permitted to see the supply of wines and liquors the host has on hand so that each guest may express his preference without fear of asking for a drink the host is unprepared to serve.

Various advantages other than the foregoing will appear to those skilled in the art. It will be understood that the invention is not limited. to the preferred embodiment herein disclosed, but that various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A bar cabinet including front and rear sections movable substantially horizontally toward and away from each other; said rear section having shelves therein; a roll top; a'pair of wings hinged to said rear section; a pair of rear supporting rollers under said rear section; a pair of forwardly extending arms; and a pair of forward supporting rollers under said arms; said forward section being of a height less than the height of said rear section, and having a substantially fiat top; a pair of rearwardly extending arms slidable upon and dove-tailed to the forwardly extending arms of said rear section; when said sections are adjacent each other said wings being movable to a position over the opposite ends of the flat top of said forward section;

said roll top being movable downwardly and for wardly between said wings and to the forward partof said flat top on said front section to close said cabinet and said forward section being supported by its rearwardly extending arms resting on the forwardly extending arms of said rear section so that said cabinet may be moved about on said rollers; the connection between the arms of said forward section and rear section being such that when said forward section is moved forstep between the sections and with all serving wardly away from said rear section the forward bottom portion of said forward section will rest upon the floor to hold said cabinet in place; said roll top being movable upwardly and rearwardly and then downwardly and rearwardly in said rear section until the forward end of said roll top is substantially flush with the upper portion of said rear section; and said wings being swingable backwardly to a position adjacent the sides of said rear section.

2. A bar cabinet including front and rear sec tions movable toward and away from each other; said rear section having a roll top; a pair of wings hinged to said rear section; a pair of rear supporting rollers under said rear section for supporting the rear portion thereof; a pair of forward supporting rollers under said rear section for supporting the forward portion thereof; said forward section being of a height less than the height of said rear section, and having a substantially flat top; when said sections are adjacent each other said wings being movable to a position over the opposite ends of the flat top of said forward section; said roll top being movable downwardly and forwardly between said wings and to the forward part of said flat top on said front section to close said cabinet and said forward section being supported by'said rear section so that said cabinet may be moved about on said rollers; the connection between said forward section and rear section being such that when said forward section is moved forwardly away from said rear section the forward bottom portion of said forward section will rest upon the floor to hold said cabinet in place; said roll top being movable upwardly and rearwardly and then downwardly and rearwardly in said rear section until the forward end of said roll top is substantially flush with the upper portion of said rear section; and said wings being swingable backwardly to a position adjacent the sides of said rear section.

REX G. HAMAKER. 

